Safety-check.



J. B. ROBERTSON.

SAFETY CHECK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I916.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 3, l ll'lu Application filed April 19, 1916. serial No.92AM.

To all whom it may canoe I a:

Be it known that I, JAMns B. Ronnnrson, a citizen of the United. States,and a resident of Bushnell, county of l/lcDonough, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Checks, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention has relation to warrants, checks and the like, havingstubsfrom which they are adapted to be deta-ghed, and to a suitableholder for carrying a pad of checks that is provided with means toassist in do taching the checks, and also has a suitable "pocket for thestorage of the stubs after the checks have been severed.

More particularly, my invention relates to means for preventing thetampering with or the raising of a warrant or check to an amount inexcess of the amount to which it is drawn. Divers methods have beenemployed for this purpose, but comparatively few of them successfullyaccomplish the ob jects for which they are designed, or are of suchnature as to'make them expensive to manufacture and the priceprohibitive to the average bank depositor. It is one of the objects ofmy invention to provide a safety check or warrant that is comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture and is capable of easy manipulation so thatit may be readily used by persons without the necessity of in dependenttools. In carrying out my invention, it is one of my objects to providea check that cannot be raised after being drawn, without destroying thebody of the warrant or check, thus rendering the same non-negotiable.

i prefer to accomplish the divers objects of my invention by the meansand-in the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularlypointed out in'the claim, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of the checkpad and holder, embodying my invention, the latter having one flapfolded over'in position to shear or tear off a check.

Fig. 9; is a longitudinal edge view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, which disclose a preferred form of myinvention, similar reference'characters are employed to indi catethesame parts throughout the drawings. In these drawings, referring moreparticularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the checks are held in aholder that preferably comprises a flat piece of flexible material, 5,of substantiallv T-shape. The shorter or lateral members, 6, 6, of thisbody, 5, form the flaps that are adapted to be folded over the foldedchecks and secured. together by the usual snap or glove fastener, 7. lhelonger or main member, 8, of the body, 5, isprovided with a shallowpocket, 9, into Which the stubs, 10, of the checks are adapted to beinserted as soon as each check is detached, said member, 8, carryingupon its outer free end a suitable straight edge, 11, of metal or otherstiff material, so that the same may be brought into contact with theuppermost check and the latter torn from the stub at the proper place.

The checks are preferably assembled in the usual book form or pad, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and are secured in any suitable mannerto the holder, so that the checks themselves may be unfolded to extendmostly beyond the edge of the holder, In printing the check and stub,the usual negotiable form of check is employed, and at the end of eachcheck form is provided an extension upon which suitable notations areprinted, similar to those shown in the drawings, directing the payee notto honor the check for over a particular amount, each line of notationrepresenting an amount exceeding the preceding amount by $5.00, or anyother amount desired. The line of notations, 13, nearest the checlr orwarrant reads: Not over one dollar and is so placed upon the body of thecheck that when the straight edge, 11, is placed between this notationand the next succeeding higher notation, the body of.the check will notbe de stroyed. However, should an attempt be made to raise the amount ofthe check, which would require the detachment of the safety extension atthe lefthand edge, this notation, 13, would necessarily have to beremoved by tearing it fromv the body of the check along the line, it.This would destroy the order portion or authority of the bank to pay thecheck and render the same of no value.

While l have illustrated and described a specific manner of carrying outmy invention, I do not desire to be limited to the precise constructionherein disclosed, for it is obvious that slight changes may be madewithout materially departing from the spirit thereof, and I wish it tobe understood that minor changes are possible and contemplated tltl lid

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What I claim is: ,A safety check or warrant comprising a I 5 blankhaving a negotiable form thereon and a series of amounts disposed inparallel lines at substantially right angles to the longitudinal edgethereof and adjacent one end of said form, the line of amounts farthest10 from the end of the form upon which the same is printed beingextended into and over the authority to pay, said amounts being adaptedto be detached from the blank except the amount nearest the negotiableform whereby when the latter amount is detached 15 the authority to paythe check is defaced and destroyed. a

Signed at Bushnell, county of McDonough and State of Illinois, this 14thday of April JAMES B. ROBERTSON. Witnesses:

H. G. ETNIRE, R. J. EWAN.

